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Reading a '''scroll of amnesia''' causes you to instantly forget a spell of your choosing, which can be used to free up a caster's spell levels to memorize other spells.
 
Reading a '''scroll of amnesia''' causes you to instantly forget a spell of your choosing, which can be used to free up a caster's spell levels to memorize other spells.
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==Stategy==
 
==Stategy==
 
*If you have previously [[identified]] the scroll, you may press '''Esc''' after reading to cancel the scroll's effect without consuming it.
 
*If you have previously [[identified]] the scroll, you may press '''Esc''' after reading to cancel the scroll's effect without consuming it.
*Any caster who does not worship [[Sif Muna]] should hoard these for the late game. They are a much less expensive means of forgetting spells than destroying [[spell book]]s.
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*Even worshipers of [[Sif Muna]] might find these scrolls useful, because the Forget Spell ability costs piety.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
Prior to [[0.13]], forgetting spells would restore [[MP]] equal to the spell's level, and the scroll would only identify if you knew a spell to forget.
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*Prior to [[0.19]], it was possible to forget spells by destroying  [[spell book]]s.
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*Prior to [[0.13]], forgetting spells would restore [[MP]] equal to the spell's level, and the scroll would only identify if you knew a spell to forget.
  
 
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Revision as of 16:40, 18 April 2018

Version 0.21: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
Type Scroll
Name Scroll of amnesia
Icon Scroll of amnesia.png
A scroll that allows its reader to selectively erase one spell from memory to recapture the magic energy bound up with it.

Reading a scroll of amnesia causes you to instantly forget a spell of your choosing, which can be used to free up a caster's spell levels to memorize other spells.

Stategy

  • If you have previously identified the scroll, you may press Esc after reading to cancel the scroll's effect without consuming it.
  • Even worshipers of Sif Muna might find these scrolls useful, because the Forget Spell ability costs piety.

History

  • Prior to 0.19, it was possible to forget spells by destroying spell books.
  • Prior to 0.13, forgetting spells would restore MP equal to the spell's level, and the scroll would only identify if you knew a spell to forget.
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